Hackintosh or real mac?

[hackryzentosh]

Hi everyone,
i'm trying to build an hackintosh, but no success at the moment... so i'm in the verge to give up and buy a mac.

But i have a question first: i'd like to use macos for software like xcode. I want to learn to program on swift so it seems the only way.

Is it possibile to have a good experience using xcode, building apps etc on an hackintosh?

Btw i don't really don't want to give up on building my own hackintosh... i think my motherboard MSI B550 A PRO may be the problem...

So what's your opinion?

 

[Shaneee]

Xcode runs fine on a hackintosh. If you are trying to run Monterey then the MSI board is most likely the issue yeah. Big Sur should work just fine though.

 

[hackryzentosh]

Do you know what's the most compatible board for hackintosh?

 

[Shaneee]

Take a look at the success stories section of the forum, https://forum.amd-osx.com/index.php?forums/success-stories.6/

ASUS works well

 

[hackryzentosh]

I'll do it!

Do you know if there is any differences between an EFI for Big Sur and one for Monterey? Do i need to take close attention to something?

 

[Shaneee]

I'll do it!

Do you know if there is any differences between an EFI for Big Sur and one for Monterey? Do i need to take close attention to something?

As long as the EFI, kexts and patches are up to date it'll work for Monterey.

 

[hackryzentosh]

I tried to build a new EFI following dortania guide with the debbug version of opencore. I think i did everything correct but i get an error... i attach it here if something can help me to fix it

 

[Shaneee]

Upload the EFI folder and I'll take a look.

 

[hackryzentosh]

Thank you! I use a b550, ryzen 5 3600 and a rx 570.

 

[Shaneee]

Here you go @hackryzentosh

 

[hackryzentosh]

Thank you very much! I tried it and it boot in the macOS installer no problems with Big Sur, but with Monterey it crashes D:
Now i try to install Big Sur
What was wrong with my original EFI?

 

[Shaneee]

You hadn't enabled the ProvideCurrentCpuInfo quirk. I also gave it a tidy and added RestrictEvents. You may need to update Lilu, VirtualSMC etc to boot Monterey.

 

[hackryzentosh]

I think i missed some part of the guide then really thank you for your help!
Btw i think i have the latest version of Lilu, VirtualSMC etc
Now i just need to wait to download the os in the recovery mode, but my wifi seems like it looses the connection after about 1 hour tomorrow i'll try with the lan!

 

[hackryzentosh]

Ok first boot! It's super cool


Do you think is safe to use the apple account I normally use with my iPhone?

I still need to do a reboot, but at the moment Bluetooth doesn't work... do i need to add IntelBluetoothInjector to my EFI?

 

[POCTEXHAD3OP]

Do you think is safe to use the apple account I normally use with my iPhone?

It's better not to risk it. If there is no other way, then try

 

[Shaneee]

I had my hack setup first which is when I made my iCloud account. It's now used on my iPhone and two iPads without any issues.

 

[hackryzentosh]

Mmm that wasn't a bad idea at all

 

[hackryzentosh]

Btw i was able to enable bluetooth, but no airdrop... and the audio comes from the display port, not from my external speakers... any idea on how to fix it?

 

[Shaneee]

Airdrop requires native WiFi to work. For onboard audio you need to set the correct alcid in your boot args, see here to find the layout ID. https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC/wiki/Supported-codecs

 

[atanvarno]

Do you think is safe to use the apple account I normally use with my iPhone?

I am using my personal iCloud account across iOS devices, Macbook Pro and various Hackintoshes I have made.
No issues.